Posted 06 November 2018 - 10:31 AM

The reported averages for both 17 and 18 seem wildly optimistic. Comparing percentage increases/decreases in made-up numbers only gives you so much meaningful info.

I agree with the overall point, but just using the eye test, I thought our actual attendance (butts in seats, not tickets distributed) was down significantly this year. Each year the attendance seems to start slow, then we see a decent uptick in many of the summer games. That uptick never seemed to come this year, minus a small handful of games. Again, this is not based on any data, just the eye test and my memory.

Posted 06 November 2018 - 11:19 AM

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I agree with the overall point, but just using the eye test, I thought our actual attendance (butts in seats, not tickets distributed) was down significantly this year. Each year the attendance seems to start slow, then we see a decent uptick in many of the summer games. That uptick never seemed to come this year, minus a small handful of games. Again, this is not based on any data, just the eye test and my memory.

Yeah, I would agree with that based on what I've seen this season. Just saying that the data isn't necessarily meaningful: could be worse, could be better than the 12% decrease in the table, and the raw average numbers are definitely inflated.